Hitherto Aurangzib had been getting,
like
His first mansab.
other Mughal princes before they
were old enough for military
appointment, a daily allowance of Rs. 500. But
on 13th December, 1634, though not yet sixteen,
he got his first post in the Mughal peerage, with
the rank of a Commander of Ten Thousand
Horse, with an additional following of 4000
troopers. He was also permitted to use the red
tent, which was a royal prerogative.[1] The
governorship of the Deccan was intended for
him, and there, under the guidance of the highest
generals of his father's Court, he was expected
to receive the best education then possible for
a man of action and a leader of men.
As a
preparation for this high and difficult post he
was given his first lessons in the art of war and
the control of men by being sent to the Bundela Expedition in September, 1635.[2]
- ↑ Abdul Hamid, I. B. 65.
- ↑ Ibid, I. B. 99.
75'17 E. Long. 33'41 N. Lat., famous for its beautiful springs described by Bernier (Constable's ed. p. 413). At the western end of the Pargana and 5 miles to the s. w. of Achbal is the village of Lokbavan. King Lalitaditya is said to have built a town here. A small garden-palace erect- ed in Mughal times near the spring is partly constructed of old materials. (Stein's Rajatarangini, i. 50n, ii. 468.)